Is Ben Sheets worth a gamble?
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From: john smith on 29 Dec 2009 15:21 I hear Sheets is looking for 12 million a year but nobody wants to risk signing him. I feel he might be worth the gamble as the guy when healthy brings legit # 1 stuff to the table. The Reds haven't had a legitimate #1 starter since Jose Rijo and that's a long time... This organization owes something to its fans. We are fed up with the signings of guys like Taveras. Why don't they ever take a reasonable chance on a potential star.... If they can get rid of Harang and replace him with Sheets they will be a much better team in 2010.....Barring Sheets potential bad health of course...I would take this gamble. The Braves have made a lot of moves that can blow up in their face. The Reds should be willing to take one risk...
From: Sammy R on 29 Dec 2009 16:16 I always look forward to reading your posts but I can't think of a year where I've been less interested in a Reds team than this one. There's zero chance that they would sign this guy, zero chance that they'll spend any money on anything worthwhile....and zero chance of them being a .500 team. About the only thing I'll be interested in is the attendance figures. I think this is the year where people finally start staying home. Sammy
From: HTP on 29 Dec 2009 19:30 On Dec 29, 12:21 pm, eddyg...(a)msn.com (john smith) wrote: > I hear Sheets is looking for 12 million a year but nobody wants to risk > signing him. I feel he might be worth the gamble as the guy when healthy > brings legit # 1 stuff to the table. The Reds haven't had a legitimate > #1 starter since Jose Rijo and that's a long time... > > This organization owes something to its fans. We are fed up with the > signings of guys like Taveras. Why don't they ever take a reasonable > chance on a potential star.... > > If they can get rid of Harang and replace him with Sheets they will be a > much better team in 2010.....Barring Sheets potential bad health of > course...I would take this gamble. The Braves have made a lot of moves > that can blow up in their face. The Reds should be willing to take one > risk... If it were possible, essentially swap Harang and his 14.5 mil contract for 1 year of Sheets at 12 mil? Even if Sheets passed a physical, and we could move harangs contract, i think it would be insane to give him 12 million dollars. He's missed time in 4 of the past 5 seasons, making 94 starts over that time. Thats 19 starts per/season. He hasnt topped 200 innings since 2005. How many starts has Harang missed over the past 5 years because of (baseball) injury? A bird in the hand..... I see the Mets are taking a chance on Kelvim escobar for 1.25 mil. That type of low risk signing makes a lot more sense. I wonder what Chin mien wang is looking for?
From: john smith on 29 Dec 2009 21:30 In regard to Wang, I think he is done. I am quite frankly sick of signing retreads. Sheets maybe a huge gamble but sometimes you got to roll the dice... If you structure maybe a 3 year deal at 8 million per year with INCENTIVES that include 150 innings per year that would bring conrtact up to 30 million over three years, then I have no problem signing a guy who has been dominant in the past... What's Brandon Webb's status? A great fit for GAAP with his propensity to throw ground balls.... I know the Reds have financial restraints but every once in awhile, they should be able to splurge and stop taking fans for idiots...If they don't resign Gomes, management is a disgrace...
From: John Kasupski on 31 Dec 2009 03:23
On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:21:39 -0800, eddygdvd(a)msn.com (john smith) wrote: >I hear Sheets is looking for 12 million a year but nobody wants to risk >signing him. I feel he might be worth the gamble as the guy when healthy >brings legit # 1 stuff to the table. The Reds haven't had a legitimate >#1 starter since Jose Rijo and that's a long time... > >This organization owes something to its fans. We are fed up with the >signings of guys like Taveras. Why don't they ever take a reasonable >chance on a potential star.... Ken Griffey Jr. waves hello. >If they can get rid of Harang and replace him with Sheets they will be a >much better team in 2010.....Barring Sheets potential bad health of >course...I would take this gamble. The Braves have made a lot of moves >that can blow up in their face. The Reds should be willing to take one >risk... The Braves started 2009 with a $96 million payroll. OK...so the Reds sign Sheets. After six starts, he goes on the DL for the rest of the year and there's $12 million bucks wasted out of a total payroll of circa $75 mil, and we still wind up with somebody like Justin Lehr or Kip Wells starting games for the Reds. What will that gain us? Twenty more tickets per game sold at the box office, eighteen of them to folks who couldn't get in to see Lions vs. Christians because the Coliseum was already sold out so they decided to go watch the Reds pitching staff get lit up like the Fourth of July instead? That kind of thinking gave us Eric Milton. This team does not need to pay anybody $12 million to watch that particular movie again. JK |